Quiet now. The season usually starts mid February
Fire clock
| Year | Harmonized | Raw |
|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 7 | 0 |
| 2002 | 8 | 1 |
| 2003 | 6 | 1 |
| 2004 | 23 | 8 |
| 2005 | 6 | 1 |
| 2006 | 11 | 3 |
| 2007 | 22 | 6 |
| 2008 | 12 | 3 |
| 2009 | 3 | 0 |
| 2010 | 6 | 1 |
| 2011 | 18 | 5 |
| 2012 | 10 | 8 |
| 2013 | 15 | 15 |
| 2014 | 14 | 14 |
| 2015 | 16 | 16 |
| 2016 | 26 | 26 |
| 2017 | 11 | 11 |
| 2018 | 6 | 7 |
| 2019 | 2 | 6 |
| 2020 | 4 | 8 |
| 2021 | 3 | 6 |
| 2022 | 1 | 2 |
| 2023 | 1 | 2 |
| 2024 | 1 | 13 |
| 2025 | 1 | 3 |
| 2026 | 0 | 0 |
Tap a week to see the detections behind it.
A detection is a heat signal seen from space, not burned area or a count of separate fires.
November vs a usual year
Weeks of 26 Oct – 8 Nov, compared with the same weeks of every year since 2001
Next 7 days
0%
Low
Expected detections: ~0.0
Right now
This week is more active than 26% of past years at this time
What's ahead
Next 7 days
Low<0.1 expected · usual 0.2
Next 3 months
About usual
~0.0 expected · usual 0.5
likely 0.0–7.0 · usual 0.0–0.4
Season
Season
Two-peak season: spring and summer–autumn
Critical windows
late February – mid April
41% of annual activity
late August – mid September
17% of annual activity
The normal year vs 2026
25-year history
Jump test (Pettitt): the raw record jumps in 2012 to 3.7× its earlier level (p 0.01). ODLAR's record changes level in 2018 (p 0.005): a real change, or a trend.
Unusual years
2004
23
season began 23 weeks late
2012
10
season began 6 weeks early
2019
2
season began 6 weeks late
2022
1
season ended 28 weeks early
2023
1
season ended 28 weeks early
2024
1
season began 6 weeks late
2025
1
season ended 32 weeks early